Woodworking, Top 5 Most Incredible Japanese Hand Tools That Will Open Up Your Mind!

[Music] japanese tools differ from their Western counterparts in both subtle and obvious ways you you for Japanese woodworkers their art begins with respect for tools despite advances in technology that have given the modern woodworking portable power tools and stationery machines many Japanese woodworkers still rely mainly on hand tools that have remained virtually unchanged for centuries although they look deceptively simple to use Japanese tools require considerable patience and practice to master as the ancient craftsmen who forged them understood the key to success is to learn to use the tool with skill and respect the following are some typical hand tools that will open your mind number one canal Japanese planes the traditional Japanese plane for Kanna is a plane pulled towards the user rather than pushed in the manner of western-style planes they are made of hard wood usually Japanese white or red oak the laminated steel and iron blade is stuck compared to Western planes tapered in length and thickness the plane blade is its own wedge as it fits into a corresponding leaf shaped mortise in the body of the plane thus dispensing the need for a separate wedge to hold the blade in place as is the case in most other traditional wooden planes Japanese planes cut on to pull stroke and their blades are laminated with a thin layer of high carbon steel forming the cutting edge backed by a thick strip of soft low-carbon steel to absorb shock when planing knobby grain number two no me Japanese chiseled the blades of Japanese chisels or no me are laminated like playing blades with a hard hollow ground back supported by a thick shock absorbing top of soft steel there is a hard blade called Hagane attached to a softer piece of metal called which I gain number three Ryoga Japanese saw Ryoga is the Japanese word for double-edged it's as a soft for deep cuts both crosscut and rip cut the comfortable wrap that handle features quick leaver action to change the replaceable blades you will not find a better design handle on the market the mechanism to hold the blade is unique in that it is streamlined to eliminate any change of the latch getting in the way of your material unlike some other saws on the market the Kokua ryoga's latch will always keep your blade straight and secure the blade cuts easily and straight on both sides in many types of timber number four Sumeet Sybil consumes a sheep ink pot and bamboo pen the sumit Sabo literally ink pot is a traditional Japanese layout tool it works much like a standard chalk line except that it uses ink in place of the chalk and the line is made of silk my interest in the sumin civilize not with snapping long thin lines but as an ink reservoir for another traditional Japanese layout tool assumes Ishi this is an ink pen made from bamboo one end is shaped for drawing long then lines along a straight edge and the other is shaped for writing the sooner she marks this wet rough wood with no complaints at all the ink only seeps into the wood the barest menthe and completely disappears with one two passes of the plane in comparison a pencil might require twice as much planning to erase a mistaken layout most notable and softwoods it's not for everyone I know but holy crap I'm in love number five shown up traditional Japanese ounces this is the original form of the Japanese ads used mostly by carpenters and timber framers before the introduction of long saws these tools were used to rough shape timbers and planks split out of tree trunks the timbers were then further shaped with a now archaic tool the Yarra canopy which is the original form of the Japanese plane Toshio date wrote in his book Japanese woodworking tools that the adds with the framing square Sascha gain and the incline assume it's a boat used to build a temple were traditionally kept as treasures in the new building the edges are double beveled and so the cutting edges in the middle of the thickness of the blade in use the angle at which the blade contacts the wood dictates how fine or thick the chip removed by the odds will be experiment for yourself to find the best angle for the different types of work [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 19min 40sec (1180 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 10 2017